Bed-bottom.



E. AMBROZY. BED BOTTOM. APPLICATION FILED APB. 6, 1909.

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EUGENE AMBROZY, F NEW YRK, N. Y.

` BED-BOTTQM applicati@ sied April e,

ToV @ZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EUGENE AMBROZY, a

subject of the King of Hungary, and resident of the city of'N ew York,in the county I of New York and State of New York, have invented certain'new and useful Improvements in Bed-Bottoms, ot' which the folloW- y ingis a speciiication.

The present invention relates to bed-bottoms, and more particularly -tothat-.class of the same in which there are provided, in-' the slatswhereof maybe drawn toward and `from each other so as to vary theelasticity Further objects and advantages of the invention will 'beapparent in reading the speciiication and from an examination of the.drawings., forming part of the present application for Letters Patent.

lYith these and other objects in view, the invention consists of certainnovel features of construction and arrangement of parts, which will behereinafter more fully eX- thc claim.

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in whichFigure 1 is a plan view of a bed-bottom embodyingthe invention, and Fig.2 is a section taken on line 2, 2 ofFig. 1.

In the drawings, the numerals 8; 3 indicate a plurality ot' Hexible andresilient slats, preferably, made of wood or steel, although.

any other desired material suitable for the purpose at hand may be used.The ends of these slats are somewhat strengthened, as clearly shown at4, 4, and are connected, preferably, by means of angle-irons 5 and G,respectively, whereby abcd-bottom of ,rectangular forni is provided.lMore par-.

tiularly, the ends of the, preferably, parallel slats 3, 3 are securedto the horizontal legs 7 and 8 of the angle-irons 5 and 6, respectively,by means of Irivets 9 and 10, or

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. it, ieri. 190e. serial NQ. 488,189.

their equivalents. The vertical legs 11 and l 12 of the angle-irons restupon the supports 13 and 14 of the bedstead. In.order to l strengthenthe bed-bottom, there are provided reinforcing devices, such as bars l5and 1G, arranged transversely -upon the slats 3, 3 and secured .to theunderside thereof by rivets 17 and 18, or their equivalents. p

To-the bars and 16 are attached at suitable intervals a plurality ofbrackets 19 and 20 respectively, provided near to their l lower l l endswith holes 2l and 22, respectively. Through these holes run tension rods23 and 2st, which are secured at their outer ends in any suitable mannerto the angle-'irons 5 and tl, respectively, ywhile their inner screwthreaded ends are engaged by turn-buckles 25, 25.

As mentioned hereinbefore, the angleirons rest upon the supports 13 and14 of the bedstead, as shown in Fig. 2 of the drawings, whichillustrates the parts of the device assembled, whereby the slats 3, 3are l arranged in a horizontal plane. In order to imp-art elasticity tothe bed-bottoni, the

.turn-buckles 25, 25 are turned so as to` draw i the angle-irons" v5 and6, or in other words, the ends of the slats 3, 3, together', whereby theslats will assume the form of arcs, their central portion being causedto move upward. Thus a yielding bed-bottoni may be obtained,the-elasticity of which may be varied as the ends of the slats are drawnmore or less together or away from each other.

It is obvious-that other tension devices may be employed than the oneshown in the drawings without departing from the spirit and scope of theinvention.

lli/hat I claim is:

l in a bed-bottoni, the combination with a plurality ct flexible andelastic slats, of two angle-irons iixedly attached to the ends thereof,the portions of the slats contacting with said angle-irons beingenlarged, reinforcing deviccs for the slats arranged transverselythereof and iiXedly secured thereto, brackets having eyes therethroughdepending from said reinforcing devices, said brackets terminating in aplane below the free edges of the vertical legs oi said angleirons, rodsrigidly secured to the vertical l legs ot said angle-irons andprojecting inwardly ofA the bed-bottom and lthrough the eyesof saidbrackets, said rods being of equal number on each angle-iron, andturnbuckles engaglng the free ends of sald rods for drawlng Saidangle-irons n a horizontal.

plane toward and from each other, for the purpose specified.

Signed kat New York, n the county of New York and State of New York,this 3rd day of April, A. D. 1909.

EUGENE AMBROZY.

VVtnesses:

SIGMUND HERZOG, S. BIRNBAUM.

